21. CUP GAMES AS LEAGUE GAMES

4 Jan:

ANNOUNCEMENT:

Decision has been made to void round 21 and replay at a later date.

FMICL administration has found the scheduling of rounds 20 and 21 to be very confusing, crowded, and challenging, with matches over-lapping, being postponed and, in some cases, being scheduled earlier than anticipated.
The whole post Christmas - New Year football period has been a nightmare for me to keep track of, find suitable games to pick from and also manage the whole tipping game

Add to the mix the 'sideshow' of the FMICL AsiaSeries preparations, and I have really ballsed up week 21.

Accordingly Week 21 will be fully replayed at a later date.
All your head to head matchups will be played then.


Thanks for your understanding.

31 Dec: 

Once again tipsters the blog is updated with the next Match Weeks tipping before the cessation of the current Match Week.

Its time for Week 21, our all FA Cup round of tipping.

Games are below (as advised earlier).

R	M	HOME		AWAY
21	1	Leicester	v	Newcastle
	2	Everton	v	West Ham U
	3	Charlton Ath	v	Blackburn R
	4	Huddersfield T	v	Reading
	5	Cambridge U	v	Luton Town
	6	Millwall	v	Bradford City
	7	Preston NE	v	Norwich City

Enter tips here.

LEAGUE

In your head-to-heads:

@TheTipsGuru		-		@MattGoss_
@Ethan_Meldrum		-		@NaylorMichael
@Harri_Chas_17		-		@Sjhross
@J_Foreigner		-		@Andrewm_81
@LaurenceRosen		-		@SgtButane
@Hardsy05		-		@Hcdc93
@Amul82		-		@BenCuzzupe
@Wal13Freo		-		@TheMattBungard
@BrotherAmos		-		@DemP_9
@Footy_Maths		-		@ASpeedingCar

So the Belt game is either

@Amul82

-

@BenCuzzupe

or 

@J_Foreigner

-

@Andrewm_81

depending on the outcome from Week 20.

There is also FMICL Cup action based on FA Cup (and others) between

WK 21	@MattGoss_
	@Sjhross

Tipping on these please, folks.

R	M	HOME		AWAY
21	1	Brentford	v	Brighton & HA
	2	Fulham	v	Wolves
	3	Bolton W	v	Wigan A
	4	Doncaster R	v	Bristol C
	5	Barnsley	v	Middlesborough
	A	Perth Glory	v	Adelaide Utd
	B	Getafe	v	R Vallecano
	C	Rotherham U	v	Bournemouth
	D	Lazio	v	Sampdoria
	E	Cordoba	v	Genada

Enter Cup Tips here.

CUP

20. NEW YEAR, SECOND HALF

4 Jan:

All the results are known (bar a few, see later), and we can effectively complete Week 20 tonight.

R	M	HOME		AWAY	H	A	RES
20	1	Aston Villa	v	C Palace	0	0	D
	2	Southampton	v	Arsenal	2	0	H
	3	Tottenham	v	Chelsea	5	3	H
	4	Notts Co	v	Sheffield Utd			PP
	5	WS Wanderers	v	Central Coast	0	0	D
	6	Melb Victory	v	Perth Glory	1	2	A
	7	Sevilla	v	Celta de Vigo	1	0	H

This makes your head to heads as...

@BrotherAmos	2	-	2	@MattGoss_
@Footy_Maths	4	-	1	@Wal13Freo
@ASpeedingCar	2	-	3	@Amul82
@DemP_9	2	-	3	@Hardsy05
@TheMattBungard	1	-	2	@LaurenceRosen
@BenCuzzupe	2	-	1	@J_Foreigner
@Hcdc93	3	-	2	@Harri_Chas_17
@SgtButane	1	-	2	@Ethan_Meldrum
@Andrewm_81	1	-	3	@TheTipsGuru
@Sjhross	1	-	1	@NaylorMichael

Only 2 draws (first and last of he listed games), and 8 other clear results.

In the Belt Game, its another belt retention for the holder.

@BenCuzzupe

2

-

1

@J_Foreigner

This creates the full table as:

CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE
	TEAM	P	W	D	L	F	A	SD	PT
1	@SgtButane	20	12	3	5	67	55	12	39
2	@Hardsy05	20	10	5	5	65	60	5	35
3	@hcdc93	20	8	10	2	61	54	7	34
4	@BenCuzzupe	20	9	7	4	65	59	6	34
5	@Ethan_Meldrum	20	9	4	7	54	55	-1	31
6	@BrotherAmos	20	8	6	6	63	63	0	30
7	@Harri_Chas_17	20	7	8	5	60	52	8	29
8	@Footy_Maths	20	7	7	6	65	58	7	28
9	@J_Foreigner	20	6	10	4	60	56	4	28
10	@Amul82	20	8	4	8	58	55	3	28
11	@Wal13Freo	20	8	3	9	58	59	-1	27
12	@NaylorMichael	20	7	6	7	57	59	-2	27
13	@ASpeedingCar	20	8	3	9	50	54	-4	27
14	@Sjhross	20	6	8	6	58	59	-1	26
15	@DemP_9	20	7	4	9	53	54	-1	25
16	@Andrewm_81	20	4	7	9	57	61	-4	19
17	@LaurenceRosen	20	3	10	7	60	65	-5	19
18	@TheTipsGuru	20	4	7	9	47	62	-15	19
19	@TheMattBungard	20	4	5	11	56	64	-8	17
20	@MattGoss_	20	3	7	10	55	65	-10	16

Ethan the big improver climbing to 5th (one time 19th), and Amul again knocking on the door of the top 8.

The Sarge drops 2 of the last three games but still holds top spot by 4 points. 

Over in the Cup, we can call the winner as per below, even though there are Spanish games yet to be played.

R

M

HOME

AWAY

SgtB

DemP

SCORE

RES

SgtB

DemP

20

1

Deportivo

v

Athletic Club

A

D

1

0

H

RESULT

3

2

2

Espanyol

v

Eibar

H

H

SgtB wins

3

Wellington

v

Brisbane Roar

H

D

3

0

H

4

Dundee Utd

v

Dundee

H

H

6

2

H

Regular Play

3

2

5

Aberdeen

v

St Johnstone

H

H

2

0

H

A

Valencia

v

Real Madrid

A

A

First 3 Pens.

B

Oldham Ath

v

Rochdale

H

A

PP

C

Port Vale

v

Gillingham

H

D

2

1

H

4th Pen.

D

Chesterfield

v

Crawley Town

H

H

PP

5th Pen.

E

Central Coast

v

Melb City

A

D

2

0

H

The Espanyol - Eibar game result wont affect the outcome as both players picked the same, so its a win for The Sarge.

1 Jan:

Happy New Year tipsters. Its a new year but still the same inaugural FMICL season.

Your tips for Week 20.

HOME	AWAY	Brot	Matt	Foot	Wal1	ASpe	Amul	DemP	Hard	TheM	Laur
Aston V	C Palac	D	A	D	H	H	D	H	D	H	D
Southam	Arsenal	A	H	H	D	H	H	H	A	D	A
Tottenh	Chelsea	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A
Notts C	Sheffie	A	A	A	D	H	H	D	A	H	H
WS Wand	Central	H	A	D	H	H	H	A	H	H	H
Melb Vi	Perth G	H	H	H	D	D	H	H	A	H	D
Sevilla	Celta d	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H
Difference Indicator		3		5		2		5		3

HOME	AWAY	BenC	J_Fo	Hcdc	Harr	SgtB	Etha	Andr	TheT	Sjhr	Nayl
Aston V	C Palac	H	H	D	H	H	D	H	H	H	H
Southam	Arsenal	A	A	D	A	A	D	D	H	D	H
Tottenh	Chelsea	A	A	A	D	A	A	D	H	A	A
Notts C	Sheffie	D	D	A	H	H	D	H	H	H	D
WS Wand	Central	D	H	D	D	H	H	H	H	H	A
Melb Vi	Perth G	H	D	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H
Sevilla	Celta d	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	D
Difference Indicator		2		4		3		2		4

Popular vote:

HOME	AWAY		H	D	A		KEY
Aston V	C Palac		12	7	1		16>
Southam	Arsenal		7	6	7
Tottenh	Chelsea		1	2	17		13-16
Notts C	Sheffie		9	6	5
WS Wand	Central		13	4	3		4-7
Melb Vi	Perth G		15	4	1
Sevilla	Celta d		19	1	0		<4

Now also worth re-highlighting a few things about this week.
- 4 of the above 7 games are scheduled for New Years Day and 1 for Jan 2 (MVC v PER) .
- the Sevilla / Celta Vigo game was added to complete the roster of games even though it will be played 3 Jan.
- EthanM was on the ball yesterday and noted the Notts Co-SheefU game has been postponed, and (as of today) not rescheduled on soccerway.com. So using the Rules (LEAGUE AND CUP SEASON: section 5) we will play this round 1 short (unless 2 or more games are also postponed).


Cup play is as per here:

R	M	HOME		AWAY	SgtB	DemP
20	1	Deportivo	v	Athletic Club	A	D
	2	Espanyol	v	Eibar	H	H
	3	Wellington	v	Brisbane Roar	H	D
	4	Dundee Utd	v	Dundee	H	H
	5	Aberdeen	v	St Johnstone	H	H
	A	Valencia	v	Real Madrid	A	A
	B	Oldham Ath	v	Rochdale	H	A
	C	Port Vale	v	Gillingham	H	D
	D	Chesterfield	v	Crawley Town	H	H
	E	Central Coast	v	Melb City	A	D

Again in these games we have:

- Two games on Jan 1 (the 2 Jock League games), Two games on Jan 3 (Depor and Port Vale at home) and four games on Jan 4 (Espanyol, Valencia, Central Coast and Wellington all hosting).

- Two games listed as postponed (Oldham/Rochdale and Chesterfield/Crawley), and (as of today) not rescheduled on soccerway.com. So using the Rules (LEAGUE AND CUP SEASON: section 5) we will play this round 2 short (unless 1 more game is also postponed).

Its a real pity, but such is the oddities for the FA Cup that sometimes make English League games get bumped.

29 Dec:

And again we are to tip the next Match Week (week 20) while week 19 remains unresolved.
These games are New Years Day games, meaning I need tips before JAN 1st please!

This is also Match Week 20 of 38, meaning we have entered the second half of the season... Tip well form now on if you want a finals spot.

This weeks games:

R	M	HOME		AWAY
20	1	Aston Villa	v	C Palace
	2	Southampton	v	Arsenal
	3	Tottenham	v	Chelsea
	4	Notts Co	v	Sheffield Utd
	5	WS Wanderers	v	Central Coast
	6	Melb Victory	v	Perth Glory
	7	Sevilla	v	Celta de Vigo

Note that games are getting thin on the ground, so a League 1 game is in the mix, as is Spanish game to be played much later (about 6th Jan), so full results will be held over.

Head-to-heads are as here...

@BrotherAmos		-		@MattGoss_
@Footy_Maths		-		@Wal13Freo
@ASpeedingCar		-		@Amul82
@DemP_9		-		@Hardsy05
@TheMattBungard		-		@LaurenceRosen
@BenCuzzupe		-		@J_Foreigner
@Hcdc93		-		@Harri_Chas_17
@SgtButane		-		@Ethan_Meldrum
@Andrewm_81		-		@TheTipsGuru
@Sjhross		-		@NaylorMichael

Belt Game is either 

@BenCuzzupe

-

@J_Foreigner

or

@TheMattBungard

-

@LaurenceRosen

Enter tips here:

Tips here

There has also been a Cup game planned for this week between

WK 20	@SgtButane
	@DemP_9

Tip these please (yes again an odd mix of games - including Jock football, and later Spanish games).

R	M	HOME		AWAY
20	1	Deportivo	v	Athletic Club
	2	Espanyol	v	Eibar
	3	Wellington	v	Brisbane Roar
	4	Dundee Utd	v	Dundee
	5	Aberdeen	v	St Johnstone
	A	Valencia	v	Real Madrid
	B	Oldham Ath	v	Rochdale
	C	Port Vale	v	Gillingham
	D	Chesterfield	v	Crawley Town
	E	Central Coast	v	Melb City

Again, the results of this Cup leg will be delayed as needed.

Enter cup tips here:
Cup tips

Delays in both are due to the sparsity of games to choose from over the New Year period.
Slim Pickens, Mr Taggert.